CLAYPOOL, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities in eastern Arizona are investigating a double homicide after two bodies with gunshot wounds were discovered in a fire.
Gila County Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd said in a news release that deputies and nearby police departments responded to a residence in Claypool on Monday around 7:20 a.m.
Firefighters had extinguished a blaze and discovered the bodies of two adults. Investigators say it appears they died from the gunshot wounds.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety and Pinal County sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on a person of interest.
Shepherd did not say if an arrest was made but confirmed there was no threat to the community.
No other details were released. The investigation remains ongoing.
Claypool is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east of Phoenix.
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